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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 26 September 1891, Page 2

The c chool Inspector has altered the .date for holding the examination of the Foxton School to the 30th September and Ist October. Tlip settler*, soni;* o^ r!i -:n, i-. \ ■ -\ . have been viViifii*- »1 by Ihe r i. rf '..ivj-. •■ ■>' a vendor uf vegetable seeds. He promise well and has fulfilled but badly. One gardener invested in a number of seeds, and has now the supreme satisfaction of finding that they are all of one sort, and that, a kind of wild turnip ! Happy man, but the next time he wants seeds he will find it cheaper to buy from respectable firms. Services will be held at All Saints 1 Church aB usual :- -Morning service, 11 a.m. ; children's service, 3 p.m. ; evening service, 6.30 p.m. The advocate reports the wedding of Miss Esther MoKelvie, second daughter of Mr John McKelvie, late of Rangitikei, but now of this city, was united to Mr James Bull, jr., on Wednesday at Wellington. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a handsome oream marveilleaux dress, and the usual bridal veil and spray of orange blossoms. The bridesmaids were the three sisters, Jeannie, Mabel and Margarette, who wore pretty dresses of cream and pink, also rich bangles and brooches, ,the latter being gifts of the bridegroom. A little grandson of the bride's parents, Lloyd Hammond, was alßo present, with Mrs McKelvie The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Paterson, in the presence of a large number of ladies and 'gentlemen. The wedding breakfast was laid out at the fine residence of Mr MoKelvie, in Hooper-street, and was partaken of by a large party. Subsequently Mr and Mrs Bull left by the afternoon Wairarapa train, and after a trip through the Island will settle near Hunterville. The wedding presents were very numerous, costly and handsome. Mr H, H. Jackson, locomotive engineer of the Auckland Railway, was married at Auckland on September 23rd to Miss M. Worsp, daughter of Captain Worsp. Bishop Cowie performed the ceremony at St. Mary's, Parnell. The engines on the Onehnnga and Waikato lines were gaily decorated /with flowers and evergreens, and flags were flying from the engine sheds and workshops. The bridegroom received a beautiful token of esteem and goodwill from the officers of the Locomotive Department of New Zealand, the preentation consisting of a rich silver tea and coffee servioe of eight pieces. Handsome presentations were also made by the staff of the looal Locomotive Department and the men of the Ra lway Workshops. The full subscription to the Russian 'oan of 20,000,000 has been obtained at Parie The average price is 79J, or os above the minimum. The Canterbury Frozen Meat Company has deciared a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent per annum for the half year ending 31st August. The Manawatu Tinm says : — Mr Miles, Secretary of the Manawatu Racing Club, has received permission from the Metropolitan Club to use the race urse for n trotting meeting, provided there are no hack races on the programme, it is v>?r • probable that a trotting club will be started shortly iv •'•almerston. Mr Rollo.3ton declared in the House the other night that Mr Taylor (Sydenham), although he was fond of posing as a " working man " member, was no real working man, but would take fully a week to do a day's work. Mr Taylor replied indignantly that he had done as much work in his lifetime as Mr Rolleston had done in ten years. This was probably not what he intended to say, and he seemed surprised at the roar of laughter whioh followed the remark. At a meeting of the creditors of John Cochrane, rabbiter, at Beetham's, Wairarapa, the evidence showed that he earned £846 in 27 months. He kept no books, and he could not account for the money. He owes some £300. It was carried that he pay twenty shillings in the pound in instalments of thirty shillings per week, failing whioh the creditors will oombine to pay the costs of an examination before a judge. The Hawera Star states that a teaspoonful of aconite in half a pint of water or gruel given as a drench is an unfailing remedy for cows suffering with milk fever or the " drop," it has also been found useful in cleansing cows after calving. The above recipe has been handed us for publication by Mr J. Barrow, of Te Roti, who has always found it an unfailing remedy. Lambing is very good in the Carnarvon district. Mr R. MoKenzie has a small flock of stud ewes which ran with the champion ram, " Rifleman" and from the 63 ewes he obtained 76 lambs. We want Mr Traver's opinion on this sort of farming. A settler oan enjoy " Bitting on a rail and smoking his pipe" if the profits were always this sort. That valuable publication, the Methodist has been led into error. A paragraph, in one of its last issues, was d ssapproved of by a Foxton resident. He wrote a letter to put the editor right, which was duly published, with the Inevitable footnote, in which the Methodist assumes the correspondent to be one connected with the saving of souls, as he entitles him the Rev. So-and-so. The mistake is great, as the correspondent is more closely connected with ahavlny than with the Church, b t still as not many " professors " would date their letters as the " Feast of Nativity, 8.V.M.," the Methodist may be justified in the error t fell into. Particulars appear in our advertising columns of the excursion fares by the railway for the Hawkes Bay races, and the A. and P. Show. The fares are very reasonable. Some information re the Spring fruitflower, and vegetable show are advertised to-day. The North Otago Times says :— The dull monotony of the sheep stealing case now bo ng heard in the Supreme Court was re lieved yesterday by the jocu ar answers of the witnesses In rep yto v ir Robort tou' as to the number of years he had been sheep -farming the witnesß said, " As long as Moses." Sir Robert Stout's Biblical know edge failed in associating Moses with any particu a> term of sheep-farming, and his mind was not relieved til witness explained it was 40 years. In reply to another question as to the difference between two types of merino . sheep, the witness said one had wool almost down to the nose, and the other had " no woo! on the top of the head, the place where the wool ought to grow." The answer was appropriate enough, although it conjured up memories of the negro ballad of " Uncle Ned," and there was a general laugh all around, in which even nis Honor could not refrain from joining. Messrs Jonson and Trask have made good progress with the new, slaughterhouse J for the Butchering Company.

Owing to one storekeeper deciding to keep open of an evening, we regret to earn that the other stores fee compe ed to do no a so. VVe must say that such a course is very unfortunate, and for the sake of the employess we tru t the initiator of such a retrograde Btep will seriously consider the hardship he te in ioting on the ssistants, and decide at one to adhere to the trade customs of the town. v r Easton is making addition* to the Manawafu 'lerald Office, the increase cf bn-qn"«*s compelling the proprietor to make iucr asod accommodation. Mr Easton has also Mr o c's house fairly forward In about three weeks time the Quadrille I Assembly at Sanson, intend holding their last dance for the season, and the Committee are sending out a number of invitations, so that a very large gathering will be looked forward to. Mr Spiers has almost finished a small shop for Mr Honore, next the tailor's and he has commenced the alterations to the Bank of Australasia. We are glad to announce that Mrs McMillan returned home 'ast night from her lengthened visit to Auckland, which she paid to secure the services of an expert for her litte gir's eyes. It is satisfactory to k now that her visit has not been in vain, and her little daughter has been much improved. Mrs McMillan has been away over six months.